News Release Number: STScI-1994-03

Galaxy M100 Resolution Comparison

January 13, 1994: This sequence of pictures shows successive steps in optical improvement
from ground based telescopes to the newly improved Hubble Space
Telescope and demonstrates the unique capability of the repaired HST. HST
offers superb resolution, which allows astronomers to distinguish individual
afar. in other galaxies. The resolution also allows very faint stars to be seen.
This set of pictures demonstrates that the repaired HST can see stars which
could never before be detected.